To be sure, women of color have made incredible strides in educational attainment and in the workplace—especially in entrepreneurship—yet their earnings and net wealth still pale in comparison to white women. They also lag behind in political leadership positions and still face unique health disparities. So their voices are critical to shaping the policies that affect their lives.
This issue brief examines the state of women of color in the United States at large in regards to four key areas: the workplace wage gap, health, educational attainment, and political leadership. While conversations in the mainstream media would suggest that women of color are a monolithic entity, it is important to note that women of color are a diverse group with a variety of experiences. We offer specific data points on various racial and ethnic groups where available as we present the issues of greatest importance to women of color today, but remember that data are not always available for direct comparisons of different groups of women of color compared to their white counterparts.
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Despite progress, women of color are the most underrepresented in science. In a 2010 Bayer Corporation study, 77 percent of those polled noted that “women and underrepresented minorities are missing from the U.S. STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] workforce.”
Women of color have a higher percentage of college completion. In the 2008-09 school year, women of color generally earned a greater share of college degrees compared to their male counterparts than white, non-Hispanic women.
Women of color continue to make strides in advanced studies. The number of master’s degrees earned by women of color doubled from 1997 to 2007, and the number of doctoral degrees they earned increased by 63 percent over the same time period.
Read More: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/report/2012/07/17/11923/the-state-of-women-of-color-in-the-united-states/
...why you are being so confrontational. Nor bothered to reply to the topic of the OP. If you want more info I would suggest Google. This President supports women as opposed to the GOP, who is trying to suppress us. I am not your enemy and I sure as hell support women.
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